Module:Political party
Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Political party/doc
local p = {}
local function stripToNil(text)
-- If text is a string, return its trimmed content, or nil if empty.
-- Otherwise return text (which may, for example, be nil).
if type(text) == 'string' then
text = text:match('(%S.-)%s*$')
end
return text
end
-- Example of having all the data - color and names - in one table. Requires one page to be edited instead of two when adding a new party.
function p.fetch(frame)
local args = frame.args
local party = stripToNil(args[1]) or error('parameter 1 should be a party name')
local out_type = stripToNil(args[2]) or error('parameter 2 should be the output type')
local index = mw.ustring.sub(party, 1, 1)
-- Set index for non-A-Z starts
if string.match(index, "%A") then
index = "1"
end
-- Load data from submodule
local data = mw.loadData('Module:Political names/' .. index)
local data_all = data.full
local data_alt = data.alternate
local return_value = data_all[party][out_type] or data_all[data_alt[party]][out_type]
-- If database value doesn't exist, return input (for shortname) or error (for others)
if return_value == nil and frame.args[1] ~= nil then
if out_type == "shortname" then
return_value = party
else
return_value = error('value not in template. Please request that it be added')
end
end
if out_type == "color" and string.find(return_value, "#") then
return_value = string.gsub(return_value, "#", "#")
end
return return_value
end
return p